2014_Virginia_Cavaliers_baseball_team

2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

American college baseball season

The 2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represents the University of Virginia in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head Coach Brian O'Connor is in his 11th year coaching the Cavaliers, who play their home games at Davenport Field. They compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division.

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2014 was a very good year for Virginia baseball. The Cavaliers made their first trip to a College World Series Finals, where they were defeated in a best-of-three game series by Vanderbilt.[2] UVA posted a 53–16 record – its fourth 50-win season in the last five years – winning the Charlottesville Regional and Super Regional en route to its third trip to Omaha in the last six seasons. As the tournament's No. 3 national seed, UVA won four games at the CWS in reaching the CWS championship game. Nathan Kirby earned First-Team All-America honors and was tabbed the Co-ACC Pitcher of the Year; he also was one of a record eight Cavaliers named to the All-ACC Team.

Pitching and defense propelled the Cavaliers, as UVA recorded the second-lowest ERA in program history (2.23) and the best fielding percentage in the school annals (.981). UVA ranked second nationally in ERA and fourth in fielding. Nick Howard set an ACC record with 20 saves and then was selected in the first round of the MLB Draft, one of eight Cavaliers to be drafted in 2014. Howard and Mike Papi joined Kirby as 2014 All-Americans.[3]

Personnel

Roster

2014 Virginia Cavaliers roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 6 – Cameron Tekker – Sophomore
  • 13 – Alec Bettinger – Freshman
  • 17 – Jack Roberts – Freshman
  • 19 – Nathan Kirby – Sophomore
  • 20 – Brandon Waddell – Sophomore
  • 25 – Adam Bleday – Freshman
  • 27 – Josh Sborz – Sophomore
  • 28 – Kevin Doherty – Sophomore
  • 30 – Connor Jones – Freshman
  • 34 – Artie Lewicki – Senior
  • 35 – David Rosenberger – Sophomore
  • 39 – Austin Young – Senior
  • 42 – Brett Lisle – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 43 – Ben Carraway – Freshman
  • 47 – Whit Mayberry – Redshirt Senior
  

Catchers

  • 8 – Robbie Coman – Sophomore
  • 10 – Brandon Downes – Junior
  • 18 – Nate Irving – Junior
  • 21 – Matt Thaiss – Freshman

Infielders

  • 2 – John La Prise – Sophomore
  • 5 – Tony Butler – Freshman
  • 7 – Branden Cogswell – Junior
  • 9 – Kenny Towns – Junior
  • 22 – Daniel Pinero – Freshman
  • 33 – Nick Howard – Junior
  • 37 – Thomas Woodruff – Junior
  

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Coaches

2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball coaching staff[5]
  • 26 – Brian O'Connor – Head coach
  • 44 – Kevin McMullan – Associate head coach
  • 36 – Karl Kuhn – Assistant Coach
  • 1 – Matt Kirby – Assistant Coach

Schedule

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Ranking Movements

See also: 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. [1]
    "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  2. [2]
    Giannotto, Mark (June 26, 2014). "College World Series: Virginia falls short against Vanderbilt in Game 3 of final series". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Brian O'Connor Bio – VirginiaSports.com – University of Virginia Official Athletics Website – UVA Cavaliers Baseball". virginiasports.com. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "2014 Baseball Roster". Virginia Cavaliers. Archived from the original on November 22, 1999. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Baseball Coaching Staff". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  6. [6]
    "2013–14 Schedule". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
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